TRAC's drayage foray

摘要

TR AC Intermodal, the largest chassis leasing company in North America, is looking to enter the drayage business. TRAC's fleet of 310,000 chassis is spread across the United States among 546 locations for its marine chassis and 154 locations for domestic chassis. It also runs 10 neutral pools. "As we evolve from leasing company to a pool operator, the question is what's the next step in the evolution?" said Keith Lovetro, the president and chief executive officer of TRAC. "We're intent on providing a broader suite of services to our customers." As shipping lines have sold their chassis fleets during the past two years, TRAC has purchased about 35,000 from ocean carriers. Lovetro believes these carriers will seek to sell another 75,000 chassis in coming years. TRAC currently has about 40 percent of the chassis fleet in North America. In its annual report, the company said there are about 740,000 of those chassis-589,000 marine and 151,000 domestic.